Nico ChapusEnglish 7XPersuasive Essay I have chosen to write my essay about why the use of military drones shouldn’t be illegalized. Military Drone are vessels that do not require a person inside it the operate one. Drones are controlled by remotes and computers almost like a remote controlled airplane. They have been used in terrorist missions either to provide surveillance on or attack the enemy. An argument that could be made against my statement is that drones are dangerous and could be used to kill anyone at anytime; but it is illegal to assassinate a person unless they are considered a terrorist. My first argument is that the use of drones is for defense of the United States, not for killing. The question that has been asked is should it be legal to assassinate with the use of a drone for self defense. Applying a scenario like targeted killings threatens to gut the human rights law prohibition against the deprivation of life. Likewise, countries who do engage in these killings have to provide transparency and responsibility, which no country has done. Next, our US Government is prohibited to these targeted killings. The act of drone killing is premeditated. Premeditated killing is the act of planning a killing. and it is killing is illegal in all fifty states. These are textbook definitions of murder which is illegal wether it be for political or sudden reasons. Another reason the use of drones shouldn’t be illegalized is that they do not require humans within the vessel to operate them. This means that no harm will come to an American soldier. A drones flight is controlled either autonomously by on board computers or by the remote control of a pilot on ground or in another vehicle.My final and foremost opinion is that the US have legal authority to kill anyone considered a terrorist if they can justify it is in self defense. These recent drone killings can be justified because it is a response to the attack on the World Trade Center in September of 2001. If these killings are going to take place why not have them take place using drones because the risk of counter attacks on the drone will cause no harm to an American citizen.For these reasons I believe that the use of drones in the United States. I am encouraging the fact that they should be used for protection of our country not for the mass killing of humans. The production of these drones should not be halted because they are a vital piece of the future and the protection of our country.